History
Books
When American literature came to Grove Terrace NW5
Dr Katie McGettigan peers into Kentish Town's Victorian literary past
Coffee
What’s the story with Kentish Town Canopy?
It's not been on Kentish Town Road for as long as you might think
Eating & Drinking
Who’s going down it? The many lives of The Rabbit Hole
The fascinating history of Kentish Town's former police station, from 1547 to its many recent dining incarnations
History
The amazing potted history of the Roundhouse
Martin Plaut and Andrew Whitehead on how it all began - and why one woman once drove a cadillac into the auditorium
Culture
Isokon, Belsize Park: watch this 10-minute short film
TV researcher turned film-maker Sarah Higgs has used lockdown to create a fascinating short history of the iconic building
Alma Street
The curious tale of Alma Street and Inkerman Conservation Area
It symbolized the ongoing struggle between the more industrial west and what the Victorians called New Kentish Town
Eating & Drinking
The fascinating story of the Bull & Last
Owner Joe Swiers on how history and the present collide in this extract from the NW5 gastropub's new storytelling cookbook
History
Kentishtowner at 10: a decade celebrating hyperlocal
It's been ten years since our first tentative blogpost. Here's what happened since
Advertorial
Piano Factory: an iconic Kentish Town workspace available to rent
An industrial-chic former piano factory, comprehensively refurbished in 2016, is available from January 2021
About Kentishtowner
The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.
